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Easter Egg Nests
This art and design teaching pack for all year groups gets the children to explore how to select and shape a range of different materials to make models of bird nests that can be used to store some chocolate eggs for Easter.
The class can explain and model how to use both art and natural materials to produce their models of nests holding small chocolate eggs to celebrate Easter.
Download this teaching pack including display posters, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore how to select and shape a range of different materials to make models of bird nests that can be used to store some chocolate eggs for Easter
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to select and define vocabulary words that can be used to describe nests built by birds, a shared reading text to follow a set of instructions about how to design and make an Easter decoration and templates to select and shape different materials to make models of flowers and leaves that can be used to decorate the nests.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to shape different materials to make models of nests that can be used to store eggs for Easter.
This lesson is part of an art and design scheme of work to get the children to practise shaping and combining a range of different materials to produce decorations with matching patterns and shapes to celebrate Easter. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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